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Archive: February, 2008

The Onion The Tough Room

A behind the scenes doc with the writers of The Onion. Here, weekly, over 600 potential headlines are whittled down to a mere 16 in a place called The Tough Room. Features the awesome headline: Pornography-Desensitized Populace Demands New Orifice To Look At.

[Thanks Pete!]



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The Worst Best Sci-Fi Novel Covers

Highly amusing trawl through the explosions-and-aliens rack of your local bookshop. Hilariously shit sci-fi covers with v. funny, sarcasmotic captions. Sarcasmotic? What the hell am I on about?


[Thanks to Neil]



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Rotation Of Earth Plunges Entire North American Continent Into Darkness

NEW YORK—Millions of eyewitnesses watched in stunned horror Tuesday as light emptied from the sky, plunging the U.S. and neighboring countries into darkness. As the hours progressed, conditions only worsened. More.  



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The Office (stoned)

I’ve been snooping around Collegehumor.com, the talented dudes behind the 24: The Unaired 1994 Pilot. It is literally college humour (vom, weed, chicks, dorks) but some of it really shines. Especially liked: The High Times Editorial Office.  hightimes.jpg



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Humorless Metalheads Shut Down Popular YouTuber

Santeri Ojala satirically crap overdubs of posing guitar heros were some of the funniest vids of last year. Now those very guitar heros have had the vids axed from YouTube. STOPPRESS: I just found them again on Myspace. Always loved Myspace. And a funny new one - Eric Clapton Shreds



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Wow we’ve really done it!

Pre-Boosh Julian Barratt gives it some multi-layered technosatire. I think.   

Link to the video



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